Health Care Aide Charged In Credit Card Fraud

April 11, 2014|By CHRISTOPHER HOFFMAN, Special to the Courant, The Hartford Courant

NEWINGTON — The former health care aide to a 94-year-old woman is accused of making more than $11,000 in fraudulent purchases on the woman's credit card, including alcohol, restaurant meals and items at an upscale lingerie store, according to police.

Kyesha Vanover, 33, of Manchester was charged this week with first-degree identity theft, second-degree larceny, criminal impersonation, illegal use of a credit card and receipt of money, goods or services obtained by illegal credit card use.

In June 2012, the elderly victim contacted police to report that someone had tried unsuccessfully to open a credit card in her name, according to the arrest affidavit. Later that day, she learned that more $11,000 in fraudulent purchases had been made on her Capital One card, the affidavit says.

The woman told the investigator that Vanover, her former home health aide, appeared at her home that day, admitted to the fraudulent charges and begged her not to contact police, the affidavit says. Vanover promised to pay her back, records say.